I've Got the Itch :: Life

February 2, 2011 Michelle Cross

A year ago today Colton and I were roaming the streets of Paris. Tired and homesick after three weeks of of traveling through Italy and Spain, we concluded our honeymoon adventure in France's capital city with lots of coffee, lots of reading, and ~~lots of~~ SoMuchFoodI'mStillFull. Lately I've had the itch to get out again. To explore our beautiful world and to see places I've never seen before. If it were up to Colton and I we would live in a 6x6 storage unit and eat ramen noodles year round in order to support our need to roam. And while we've given the idea a noteworthy amount of consideration, we've concluded that meeting wedding clients at the local Extra Space Storage might be a little, well, jarring.

This afternoon, home alone and travel-sick {travel-sick being the antonym of home-sick}, I dug into the archives to find a few quick shots from our last European adventure. Colton has a few weeks off in April and I'm crossing my fingers that we'll be able to find a quick flight out of the country. The current contestants are Argentina {I lived there for awhile and I'm dying to take Colton back}, The French countryside, and a random deserted beach in Mexico. I'm thinking about running a blog contest for best vacation spot suggestions. The winner? She can hide in my suitcase and join us in April. Ready, GO!

A little bit of Rome...

...A few shots in the Vatican.

The island of Capri...

...and the streets of Paris...

...and a few last parting shots - one from Paris and one from Rome.

Happy Thursday!

Michelle

My Daily Struggles :: Life

February 1, 2011 Michelle Cross

I really, really just don't think I can do it. Here we are, the first day of the second month of the year, and I've yet to actually put pen to paper. Sadly it's something I do quite often. I buy pretty, shiny, wonderful new things and refuse to de-tag them for fear of making them any less shiny, pretty, or wonderful. At the end of last year I found the most fabulous 2011 daily planner. Made from brown bonded leather and thick ivory paper, her pages were bordered in gold plating and the index included a beautiful display of world maps. Essentially she's an exact replica of my bible in calendar form. But for the life of me I cannot bring myself to write on her pages. For one, I'm type of person completely incapable of writing in pencil. What may look nice in a charcoal shade of gray always, without fail, looks pathetic once the side of my hand insists upon smearing the lead footprint across the entire page length - and the next. But using pen presents a challenge of its own in that everything I write is, well, written in ink. Forever.

So today I face a fiery battle. My spring + summer schedules are filling up at a daily rate and yet the universe seems to be begging me not to ruin the gold plated leather book that is my planner. What do I do, friends?! The conflict raging in my mind is unbearable yet I fear that if I don't start writing my 2011 appointments down now I'll be setting a precedent that can never be broken.

Seriously, people. My life? It's SO HARD!